THREAD: Important context for how & why the SF Mayor & so many other "progressives" are caving to fearmongering & lies from police--not facts or reason. “We can’t arrest our way out of poverty and substance abuse.”Bloomberg of all outlets is leading. More: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"1.5 years ago, SF Mayor promised to redirect $120 million from the police budget over 2 years & put it toward initiatives to help SFs Black community. The cuts ended up being significantly smaller than planned, & the next 2-year budget has police spending going back up." Why?
SF Mayor doubling down on violent policing is a common pattern. (1) Bad news--drug overdose deaths & increase in homicides like everywhere else in the US--& (2) sensationalist headlines "solidified a perception" (read: not fact) that SF had "descended into disorder." She caved.
Political shifts like in SF are driven "hyperbolic reports by police & media." We need "patience as efforts to address root causes of crime take hold. Hasty pivots from reform back to tough-on-crime policies have characterized the last several decades."bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"Though it was accounts of organized retail theft that most recently put San Francisco in the national spotlight, several local news reports have cast doubt on the accuracy of the available data, which retail stores themselves rarely release." latimes.com/business/story…
SF Chief Defender: “The Mayor & many of our elected leaders feel pressured to address issues that have been amplified in the press. But the Mayor’s proposal to massively expand police presence in SF is regressive & harmful to those who are already underserved & over-policed.”
SF Chief Defender: “The Mayor & many of our elected leaders feel pressured to address issues that have been amplified in the press. But the Mayor’s proposal to massively expand police presence in SF is regressive & harmful to those who are already underserved & over-policed.”
It's not just more police SF Mayor is demanding. She wants to *expand* surveillance. Brian Hofer of Secure Justice: "My biggest concern is the obvious one: The war on drugs is over and drugs won. We can’t arrest our way out of poverty & substance abuse.”bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
This is it: "When a Louis Vuitton store was robbed, there was a full-court press of police. SF police did not say we don’t have resources to protect. So why is it that we can’t protect our existing residents who I think are more valuable than handbags?"bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
It's not just more police SF Mayor is demanding. She wants to *expand* surveillance. Brian Hofer of Secure Justice: "My biggest concern is the obvious one: The war on drugs is over and drugs won. We can’t arrest our way out of poverty & substance abuse.”bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
This is it: "When a Louis Vuitton store was robbed, there was a full-court press of police. SF police did not say we don’t have resources to protect. So why is it that we can’t protect our existing residents who I think are more valuable than handbags?"bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
This reporting by Bloomberg reporter @sarahsholder is how justice reporting should be. Not feeding into the fearmongering & copaganda. Nuanced. Explaining all data in context. Sourcing from non-carceral-interested experts/practitioners. Adding value. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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